While low pay and many systemic issues remain, Inspector General Isabel Cumming’s new report finds “substantial difference and visible progress in DPW’s preparation for extreme heat.” ...

The chaotic gunfight made headlines in 2021, but resulted in only one serious injury, whose cost is now coming due.

Klausmeier admits defeat, says she will not advance a new nominee and Kelly Madigan will remain the county’s corruption watchdog.

The administration’s campaign to defang the county’s “waste and fraud” watchdog will come to a head tonight when the Council votes on whether to approve Kathy Klausmeier’s pick for inspector general.

Latest flash point in the inspector general saga – the $218,000-a-year salary the Klausmeier administration is offering its IG nominee.

The Catonsville Democrat supported Kelly Madigan, but says he must now assess the administration’s nominee with an open mind.

MDE orders a large windscreen at CSX’s Curtis Bay coal facility. Residents say the existing limited one doesn’t work The railroad had complained about the cost of an earlier version of the permit, ...

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(For readability I have boldfaced a couple of MTA’s key points. –Fern Shen) Brew: Why are these buses so crowded and late and the # of them assigned to the 13 route apparently quite inadequate?